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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in e-learning make it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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